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Name the Next New Starbabies Challenge! Your predictions wanted!

　　By Tara Ryazansky 　　Everyone from pop royalty to reality stars to actual royalty seems to be expecting at the moment. I look forward to when the birth announcements start rolling in so I can see if I was right or if I at least came close with any of these...

Jan 15, 2025

Baby Name Image: Seeking a glamorous Gertrude

Billy and Bob are Back in the Playground

The Royals are Coming: King, Prince and Princess

Future Top Ten Names: Avery, Jaxon, and Hadley

British Name Trends 2014 Eclectic Naming Trends: Global, Gender-Neutral, Classic On-Trend Celebrity Babies: Nova, Cy, and Etta A peek inside the Nameberry bubble Cool Names: Baby names more stylish across the ocean Hot Baby Names: 20 choices heading for the top The Newest, Hottest, Oldest Baby Names Celebrity Baby Names: The V, X, and Z epidemic

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Starbabies 2014: The luscious and the ludicrous

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　2014 was another amazing year for starbaby names, with some of the most varied, at times contradictory trends, ranging from classics like Rosemary, Frances, Evelyn and Eric to gender-benders, oddball spellings, and words refigured as names. 　　Among the strongest trends of the year: more boys’ names borrowed...

Portuguese Baby Names: The aristo trend

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Filipa Lopes of nomes e mais nomes 　　You would think that living in a country with restrictions concerning names could make your baby name choices a lot more difficult. Sure, we don’t have to stick to Portuguese names and we can use a large number of beautiful, international, eclectic names like...

Italian Baby Names: Popularity and trends

Jan 15, 2025

　　Italian baby names often have layered meanings and a lot of romance, which makes them a great choice no matter what your nationality. At the same time – and for much the same reasons – searching for good Italian names can be tricky. 　　Names that sound perfectly fine to American...

From Mary to Isabella: Baby names get longer and longer

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Nick Turner 　　Baby-name fads have come and gone over the decades, but one trend has held true: Names are getting longer. 　　A hundred years ago, boys’ names were typically less than two syllables. John, James, George and Frank were all popular picks, and there were no three-syllable names anywhere...

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Gender Shock! What to do when nature foils your naming plans?

A Girl Named Ellis Can you help this teenberry love her name? Classic Girls’ Names: All about Alice Pretty Girl Names: This week’s Nameberry 9 Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Does one name have it all? Top Girl Names 2011 Girl Detective Names: Trixie, Theolinda, Thursday and Tuppence Stylish vs. Popular Names: Do you know the difference?

Let’s hear it for Auntie Name!

Jan 15, 2025

　　Today being National Aunts and Uncles Day (who knew, right?), here’s a shout-out to some of the most memorable aunts in both literature and pop culture– the sweet and the sour, the doting and the demanding, the over-indulgent and the overbearing—with, in literature at least, the unfortunate majority being the...

He Says Shayla, She Says Cecilia: Help this couple agree on a baby name!

Jan 15, 2025

　　Our Berry Question of the Week comes from Jen Barnes of Seattle, who’s facing a common problem in Baby Name Land: She and her husband are having trouble agreeing on a name for their second daughter. Here, the names he likes and those that she likes. Your job, dear berries,...

New! First-Ever Berry Question of the Week

Jan 15, 2025

　　We’re turning around the Question of the Week format, so that you ask the questions of us and of the general Berry population. 　　Looking for advice on naming your baby? Negotiating a name problem with your partner or mother-in-law? Or simply have a larger name question you’d like to ask...

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Name the All-Boy Quints!

Your Favorite Literary Names for Boys The Fitzes: Beyond Mr. Darcy, F. Scott and JFK Jack, Jackson & Theodore: Who says it’s tough to name a boy? Newest Boy Babyberries: The 3rd Quarterly Report of 2013, from Alaric to Zion Goldilocks Classics for Boys: Holden, Noah, Wyatt and Beau Preppy boys’ names ending with S: Ames, Keats, and Yates Popular Boys’ Names: Top 100 Makeover Best Boys’ Names: 10 stylish selections

Baby Boy Names: The long and short of it

Jan 15, 2025

　　A friend is searching for baby boy names that start out long – three or more syllables long – and can be reduced to one-syllable nicknames. 　　If you’ve got a two-syllable last name, this is a good strategy. You end up with not one but two euphonic pairings. And your child...

20 Best Super Sleuth Names for Boys

Jan 15, 2025

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz 　　A few months ago, we blogged about lady detectives, clueing you in to some fabulous names like Trixie, Temperance and Thursday, Loveday and Precious. Now it’s time to investigate their male counterparts—and there are some real doozies—drawn from a variety of genres– from early crime novels to...

Boys’ Names 2013: Soft new choices

Jan 15, 2025

　　by Pamela Redmond Satran 　　Sssssssssh, have you heard the secret? 　　There may be a lot of Wild and Wilder names around these days, but boys’ names are also going in a softer direction. 　　The sh sound is stylish — or should that be shtylish? — for baby boys’ names, introduced...

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Surprisingly International Baby Names

Nonbinary Names Achieve Gender Parity The Top Unisex Names in Every US State Unisex Names That Switched From Boy to Girl Last Names as First Names: Welcome to the Next Wave Pride Icon Names Celebrate Diversity America's Top Unisex Names of 2022 Gender-Bending Baby Names How I Named My Babies: Nico Gianna & Jasper Graham

50 Rare Gender-Neutral Names Heating Up

Jan 15, 2025

　　Gender neutral names are extremely fashionable right now – but that can pose a problem to parents looking for a cool but uncommon unisex baby name. 　　Familiar favorites such as River (Number 105 for boys in 2022, and Number 150 for girls) and Charlie (Number 178 for boys, Number 123...

Fall’s Biggest Name Trend: Econames

Jan 15, 2025

　　Total Bellas star Brie Bella, mother of three-year-old Birdie Joe and newborn Buddy Dessert, revealed she would have chosen the name Branch or Blossom for her child if she’d had a girl. “People thought I was crazy, but I thought Birdie and Branch would just be like the sweetest, cutest...

The Coolest Unisex Nature Names

Jan 15, 2025

　　Unisex nature names blend two of the coolest categories of baby names right now, so it’s no wonder they’re attracting a lot of attention! 　　The top gender neutral names in the US include several nature-inspired options, and the natural world is also a wonderful place to look for unique unisex...

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Popular Names Your Mom Never Heard Of

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The Secret Meanings of Color Names

Jan 15, 2025

　　Color names, either flat-out color names like Blue or names with colorful meanings like Aurelia, are more and more popular. 　　But do you know the secret meanings behind the color behind that name you love? 　　Color-related meanings are drawn from a wide range of cultures and are often even older...

Quirky Favorite Baby Names in 10 Top Cities

Jan 15, 2025

　　New York baby namers love sleek, streamlined girl names like Rose and Claire, while Dallas favorites like Willa and Evangeline bring a touch of Southern charm. 　　Scottish namers are drawn to rugged boy names with a local flavor, such as Innes and Struan. And in Auckland, New Zealand, you'll find...

Astrology Names: The Ultimate Guide

Jan 15, 2025

　　Astrology names are inspired by the stars and planets, the four elements, and the symbols and characteristics connected to the zodiac signs. 　　Coinciding with the recent cultural obsession with astrology, we’ve observed a rise in names relating to the zodiac and all things celestial. 　　Millennials and Gen Z have taken...

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30 Great Names You’re Not Using!

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Rare Names With Popular Nicknames

Jan 15, 2025

　　Have you ever known the excitement of meeting a Ben who is not Just Another Benjamin but is, in fact, Benedict? Or Nicki whose “secret” full name is Danika? If so, this list is for you. 　　Rare full names with familiar nicknames can be the best of both worlds, for...

Baby Names Before 1850

Jan 15, 2025

　　Records on baby names only started in the US in 1880, and so getting an accurate read on names from the 1800s before this time can be difficult at best. 　　But researcher Douglas Galbi has compiled lists of baby names drawn from census records of the early 19th century. We...

The Best of the Rarest Baby Names

Jan 15, 2025

　　Baby namers desperate for truly undiscovered baby names have always begged us for our secret list of unique names that nobody but nobody else has. You know, the truly wonderful baby names with deep history and wide appeal that somehow remain completely undiscovered. 　　The only problem was we didn’t have...

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Name Sage: Japanese-inspired Names for Raiden and Renzo's Sister

The Best Baby Name Advice 9 Timeless Rules for Naming Your Baby Updating Popular 1950s Names Name Sage: Honoring Grandma Elaine Test-Driving Your Baby Name What the Name Sage Knows: Ten Secrets to Loving Your Child's Name 20 Questions Every Baby Namer Should Ask Family Names Are Getting More Adventurous

The Art of the (Baby Name) Breakup

Jan 15, 2025

　　You never forget your first breakup. 　　Benjamin – Ben – had so many attractive qualities. Strong yet sensitive, timeless and classic, with an easy likeability and appeal. 　　I wasn’t the only one who fell fast for his charms. Everywhere I went, people gushed about how much they loved Ben. At...

It’s Okay to Change Your Baby’s Name

Jan 15, 2025

　　Considering changing your baby's name? You're not alone! 　　A few weeks after their son's birth in February 2022, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott announced that they had changed their little boy's name. “That was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life...I’m still like, ‘Did I make the...

How to Have More Fun Naming Your Baby

Jan 15, 2025

　　Choosing names for hypothetical babies is always fun — why do you think I got into this business? — but when you’re actually expecting, the pressure is on. Suddenly you’re faced with the very big task of naming an actual human being, which (often) requires you to collaborate with your...